How to Use platoon in a Sentence

platoon

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• This, despite the car bomb in Iraq that took the lives of eight in his platoon.
  — Mary Beth McCauley, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2022
• Most of the top-tier 3A schools have two-platoon systems.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2022
• The brigade lost at least platoon—four or five—of its Leopard 2A6s.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• There is nothing wrong with the right-handed side of the Rangers’ platoon.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
• The Inuit rangers told the platoon to pitch their tents and hunker down.
  — Norimitsu Onishi Nasuna Stuart-Ulin, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• Orofino was part of a scout platoon sent 60 or 70 miles ahead of the front to probe for Germans.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2022
• The sergeant in charge of our makeshift platoon in Chu Lai was a Korean War vet.
  — Gerald McCarthy, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2023
• The Giants, who play platoon baseball to the extreme, stuck with Slater.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• In Iraq and Afghanistan he’d been shot at, seen roadside bombs shred trucks in his platoon, and lost friends.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• On the walk back, tensions within the platoon appeared.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
• Rowell and the rest of the platoon immediately hit the ground.
  — Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Street gangs and the KKK exist, and the people in these little platoons conspire to do bad things.
  — Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• Evan goes over the Rangers’ left-field situation and the impact of a platoon.
  — Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Tim’s platoon was the last in, landing in a hail of bullets that struck the dirt like pattering rain.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
• At the same age, Ortiz was searching for a toehold as a platoon player with the Twins.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
• Should be an ideal lefty part of a DH platoon somewhere.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
• The Michigan native also sent packages to the rest of his platoon.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• But three-homer games are an anomaly, and over the long haul, his most likely path to playing time will be on the short side of a platoon.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• Trending on Billboard With them there was a platoon of top-notch guests, the same ones from Vultures 1.
  — Billboard Italy, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2024
• On his 18th birthday, Garcia joined the Marine Corps and trained with the Arizona state platoon.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2023
• Javelins are issued at a far greater rate in the U.S. Army, at two per platoon, or about one for every 20 soldiers.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2022
• The Marine’s unit had engaged a platoon of Iraqi infantry.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• Ihor, the platoon commander, said 16 of the 32 men under his command were injured and one was killed.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
• In 2009, while serving as a Navy Seal platoon commander, Cnossen was in charge of a night mission in Afghanistan.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• Only a few members of his platoon made it out unharmed.
  — Steve Karnowski, arkansasonline.com, 11 Nov. 2023
• McCormick is no stranger to the prospect of a platoon mate after appearing in just 119 games last season.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 25 Feb. 2023
• The Phillies also have a good split of righties and lefties in their lineup and can counter most pitchers with heavy platoon splits.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
• The first would be a solid platoon option in Rafael Ortega.
  — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• In the process, he’s gone from platoon player to a regular at the season’s most important time.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Booming voices cut through the 5 a.m. darkness as 52 boys in the Bruins platoon were startled awake.
  — Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024

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platoon

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• Lin has swung the bat well and Chavis will be needed to platoon with Moreland.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2020
• Heyward appeared destined to platoon for the rest of his Cubs career and for much of 2018.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• Pinder and Kemp could platoon at second base but would thus be less free to roam.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2021
• Crawford and Belt could be platooned out of the lineup, but the Brandons hope otherwise.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 10 Feb. 2020
• Can’t the Royals platoon him with Lucas Duda at first base?
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 28 Mar. 2018
• That forced Castro to platoon around shortstop, third base and second base.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2020
• The guess here is that Marsh, a left-handed batter, will platoon with the right-handed-hitting Ward in left, and Adell will get the bulk of the early starts in right field.
  — Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022
• Chad Pinder and Vimael Machin will platoon at shortstop as long as Semien is out.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• The Rangers could try to platoon Smith, a left-handed hitter, and Duran, a right-handed hitter, at third base.
  — Dallas News, 19 June 2022
• Quick thoughts: Glasgow was moved from center and still had a very good season, even though the Lions platooned him at right guard.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2020
• To keep him healthy, the Angels intended to platoon Pujols at first base with the left-handed hitting Justin Bour.
  — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
• That’s because the Giants will have plenty of right-handed bench candidates to who could step in to platoon with him.
  — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2017
• The Tigers would benefit from a right-handed hitting third baseman to platoon with him.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2023
• The depth gives the Rays the ability to platoon at certain spots, survive injuries, and rest players when needed.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Feb. 2020
• Miller, a left-handed hitter, could give them the option to platoon him with right-handed hitting Andy Ibáñez.
  — Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2022
• Bruce Maxwell and Josh Phegley will platoon behind the plate.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2018
• As Purdue coach Matt Painter has done in recent seasons with his glut of centers, the post players often platoon.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2021
• Adding a power hitter who could platoon at DH is intriguing.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 June 2021
• With Wright out, the right-handed-hitting Wilmer Flores, who was originally going to platoon at first with Loney, will fill in full time at third.
  — Seth Berkman, New York Times, 31 May 2016
• Carlos Tocci, the backup center fielder, will continue to platoon on the bench.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 13 Apr. 2018
• He has not been exclusively platooned the past two seasons.
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• Rhoda and Croft did little to distinguish themselves during spring practice or fall camp, so Fleck decided to platoon them at the start of the season.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2017
• The Cavs’ decision to platoon the center spot, splitting the minutes almost evenly, didn’t work either.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021
• After the deadline-day deal, Mohammed became a key piece on the 2005 championship team, platooning at first with Rasho Nesterovic at center.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 26 May 2018
• Barnhart will likely platoon with right-handed hitter Curt Casali behind the plate in 2020, with Barnhart getting the start against right-handed pitchers.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 11 July 2020
• For example: The Rays helped pioneer heavy use of defensive shifts and platooning.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2019
• Alonso is likely to platoon with his former teammate Danny Valencia at first base, and get the starts against right-handed pitchers.
  — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2017
• While auto makers are trying to push self-driving cars into a faster gear, the money in trucking seems to be heading toward platooning.
  — Paul Page, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2017
• The Indians should consider platooning him more often - the numbers show that is needed.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018
• Volvo Trucks shows off its platooning trucks during a demo in North Carolina.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 1 July 2018

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